Pathfinder 1E Homebrew: Deity favored weapon group.

[Puxido]

Hey, I was writing a campaign earlier, and the religion was not a pantheon. Since for the most part there was only going to be one deity, excluding old ones and cults of evil outsiders, I decided rather than giving the deity a favored weapon, give him a favored weapon group, and clerics and inquisitors can choose one weapon from this group that they start out proficient with. I'm also considering letting them pick another weapon from the group every four levels thereafter, though I might not go with this as it could get overpowering later on.

 

[Celebrim]

Hey, I was writing a campaign earlier, and the religion was not a pantheon. Since for the most part there was only going to be one deity, excluding old ones and cults of evil outsiders, I decided rather than giving the deity a favored weapon, give him a favored weapon group, and clerics and inquisitors can choose one weapon from this group that they start out proficient with. I'm also considering letting them pick another weapon from the group every four levels thereafter, though I might not go with this as it could get overpowering later on.

There isn't anything wrong with that, and I doubt it would be unbalancing. Most players end up basically using one weapon all the time anyway. The big trick if you want to ensure balance would be having no weapon group that contains both martial melee weapons and martial missile weapons. Otherwise, it's effectively the same as giving away martial weapon proficiency.